“Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Monday, February 10, 2014 ~ From his notoriously flippant way of verbalizing his undisguised glee with expletives, Voltaire de Leon plays with words again. The phrase “the incident of theft” quite clearly conveys a fact… Read More »
This is by far the most costly Olympics ever – about fifty billion dollars! The preparation started seven years ago. At the time of the opening, there were hotel rooms that were not completed, unclean water was coming out of some faucets and guests who reserved rooms a long time ago found their accommodations occupied by other people.… Read More »
After boasting that the country will be self-sufficient in rice by 2013 and a rice exporter by 2014, it appears the Aquino administration is admitting failure and is giving up on these lofty goals. Malacanang announced last week that it was shifting its focus from attaining rice self-sufficiency to the farming of alternative, high-value crops such as pineapple,… Read More »
Imelda Marcos calls Gloria Arroyo’s continued hospital arrest “cruel, unjust and inhuman.” Look who’s talking. Mrs. Marcos adds that when President Aquino’s father, Ninoy, was the one incarcerated during martial law, her husband Ferdinand approved a trip to the United States so Ninoy could seek medical attention for his ailing heart. So why doesn’t the current president allow… Read More »
“Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero” (Seize the day, put little trust in tomorrow (future). – Odes Latin Poet Horace CHICAGO, Illinois (FAXXNA/jGLi) – When President Barack Obama mentioned the U.S. disaster relief in the Philippines during his State of the Union address last Tuesday (Jan. 28), it moved a gritty bunch of Filipino American leaders into action.… Read More »
Last February 5, the territory of Hongkong shall have begun the first of what it says is a series of sanctions for the Philippines that is expected to ‘convince’ the Philippine President to announce this country’s apology for the Luneta hostage- taking incident of 2010 that killed 8 Hongkong nationals and hurt 7 more, also from that Chinese… Read More »
When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was caught in a storm of protests on June 27, 2005 following the Hello Garci scandal, wherein she was taped talking to Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano about election results in Mindanao, she addressed the people to say “I… am… sorry” in a melodramatic tone. Nobody probably believed she was indeed sorry for… Read More »
Nagbunyi na naman muli ang bansang Pilipinas when our very own’ Osan’g (formal name Rose) was declared grandwinner in XFactor- Israel, a feat Osang imagined impossible to achieve in the past, till she came to this Promised Land of the Israelites. Rose “Osang’ Fostanes came to this country to work as caregiver’ four years ago. The people of… Read More »
Already saddled by a sharp increase in the prices of basic goods and services, Filipinos will now have to face additional financial burdens mandated by the government starting January 1 this year. Most working Filipinos will find their paychecks reduced by a few hundred pesos starting this month because the Social Security System (SSS) and the Philippine Health… Read More »
Human trafficking is another major problem that has plagued the country for decades. Despite increased resources given to the task force against human trafficking, the Philippines remains, according to the US State Department 2013 report, a major source country for sex-trafficking and forced labor, adding that “child sex tourism remained a serious problem” in the country. Just last… Read More »